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Build a Live Countdown Timer for Events in Python

A Python script that displays a real-time countdown to a target date and time, updating every second in the console.

import datetime
import time

def countdown(event_name, target_datetime):
    """Displays a live countdown to a target datetime."""
    while True:
        now = datetime.datetime.now()
        remaining = target_datetime - now
        if remaining.total_seconds() <= 0:
            print(f"\n🚀 {event_name} is happening…

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Generate a Monthly Report CSV from Log Files in Python

Reads a CSV log file, filters events by a given month, aggregates daily event counts and revenue, and writes a summarized monthly report to a new CSV.

csv logs report

Python

import csv
from collections import defaultdict
from datetime import datetime

def generate_monthly_report(log_file: str, month: str, output_file: str) -> None:
    events_by_date = defaultdict(int)
    revenue_by_date = defaultdict(float)
    
    with open(log_file, 'r') as f:
        for line in f:
            date_…

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Automation & scripting medium

Track Internet Connectivity and Downtime Automatically in Python

Monitors internet connectivity by pinging a remote host and logs any downtime events with timestamps and duration.

internet connectivity monitoring

Python

import time
import subprocess
from datetime import datetime

def check_internet(host="8.8.8.8", timeout=3):
    """Returns True if internet is reachable via ping."""
    try:
        subprocess.run(
            ["ping", "-c", "1", "-W", str(timeout), host],
            capture_output=True,
            timeout=timeout …

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